RE: [xsl] Sorting parent and child as one

I don't understand, you're not making yourself clear.
If the input is
<CAT TXT="A"><LI TXT="Z"/></CAT>
<CAT TXT="B"><LI TXT="Y"/></CAT>
<CAT TXT="A"><LI TXT="M"/></CAT>
then how would you like it to be sorted?
Michael Kay
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Russ Little [mailto:russ.little@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 20 September 2004 15:04
> To: xsl-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [xsl] Sorting parent and child as one
>
> I have a document with parent (CAT) and child (LI) nodes,
> each with a TXT attribute. When these attributes get
> compiled for output, they need to be sorted. When they get
> sorted, the parent/child association needs to be ignored.
> Currently, they are either sorting by one or the other
> first...to make the full list work, it needs to treat them as
> one and the same. How can I treat the parent/child TXT
> attributes of the following XML as the same, or somehow
> ignore the relationship, for sorting?
>
> <DMML>
> <LST>
> <GRP TXT="Automobile Codes" VTY="\X">
> <CAT COD="AAAA" TXT="American Motors (Rambler prior to 1966)">
> <LI COD="MMM" TXT="American Motors Medallion (thru 1987)"/>
> </CAT>
> <CAT COD="XXXX" TXT="American Motors JEEP (use truck code)">
> <LI COD="XXXX" TXT="Buick Opel (Imports)"/>
> </CAT>
> <CAT COD="BBBB" TXT="Amphicar"/>
> <CAT COD="CCCC" TXT="Certificate of Origin or Title (for
> use when make is not listed or when certificate is blank)"/>
> </GRP>
> </LST>
> </DMML>